INDONESIA: Security tightens around meeting grounds as ASEAN ministers gather in Indonesia's capital Jakarta ahead of the 10-member summit

Record ID: 731245

  • Title: INDONESIA: Security tightens around meeting grounds as ASEAN ministers gather in Indonesia's capital Jakarta ahead of the 10-member summit
  • Date: 7th May 2011
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (MAY 6, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF JAKARTA TRAFFIC ASEAN FLAGS ALONG ROAD TRAFFIC BANNER READING "JAKARTA IS READY FOR ASEAN 2011" FLAGS OF ASEAN MEMBER COUNTRIES CONVENTION CENTRE GATE VARIOUS OF SECURITY AT GATE POLICE CAR ARRIVING VARIOUS OF CAR SEARCH VARIOUS OF ANOTHER SECURITY CHECK POINT VARIOUS OF SECURITY OFFICIALS CAR ARRIVING CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG ARRIVING, SHAKING HANDS WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MARTY NATALEGAWA NATALEGAWA AND NAMHONG SHAKING HANDS MEDIA BILATERAL MEETING CAMERAMEN NAMHONG AND NATALEGAWA TALKING MEDIA WAITING OUTSIDE ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MARTY NATALEGAWA , SAYING: "On top of the ASEAN related subject matters, His Excellency was kind enough and I also took the initiative of sharing with him where we are in ASEAN chair's effort to facilitate the talks between Cambodia and Thailand on this border issues." MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MARTY NATALEGAWA , SAYING: "Cambodia has formerly accepted the terms of reference of the Indonesian observer team." (SOUNDBITE) (English) CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG, SAYING: "We also exchange view on how to deploy the Indonesian observers as soon as possible at the border and I hope that after now what minister Marty and will meet with the Thailand foreign minister, there could be arranged the deployment as soon as possible of the Indonesian observers." NAMHONG LEAVING PLANE LANDING SIGN ON TAIL OF PLANE CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN WALKING OUT OF PLANE INDONESIAN OFFICIALS GREETING HUN SEN HUN SEN SHAKING HANDS WITH INDONESIAN OFFICIALS HUN SEN WALKING INTO ROOM MEDIA HUN SEN WALKING OUT OF ROOM HUN SEN WALKING TOWARDS CAR CONVOY LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 22nd May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVABXWLXLXPBSXJIO9Y7KZ6EBY7M
  • Story Text: Security was tight around the convention centre in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Friday (May 6) as delegates from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather for their annual meeting.
    Indonesia is the 2011 chair for ASEAN, which consists of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
    On the sidelines of the meeting, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa met with his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong a bilateral discussions on security at the Thai-Cambodian border.
    "On top of the ASEAN related subject matters, His Excellency was kind enough and I also took the initiative of sharing with him where we are in ASEAN chair's effort to facilitate the talks between Cambodia and Thailand on this border issues," Natalegawa said to a group of reporters waiting outside the room after their meeting.
    "Cambodia has formerly accepted the terms of reference of the Indonesian observer team," he added.
    Fighting between the two armies appeared to have eased after 12 days of artillery and gunfire that has killed 18 people on both sides, but there was no let-up in the diplomatic battle ahead of the ASEAN summit.
    More than 50,000 people living near the border were forced to seek safety in evacuation centres.
    Cambodian foreign minister Hor Namhong said they want to see Indonesian observers at the Thai-Cambodia border as soon as possible.
    "We also exchange view on how to deploy the Indonesian observers as soon as possible at the border and I hope that after now what minister Marty and will meet with the Thailand foreign minister, there could be arranged the deployment as soon as possible of the Indonesian observers," he said.
    On Friday, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived at the Jakarta airport ahead of the leaders summit.
    Cambodia-Thai relations is expected to be a hot topic at the two-day ASEAN leader's summit which commences on Saturday (May 7).
    The fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops over the 12th century Preah Vihear temple has turned into Southeast Asia's bloodiest border dispute in years.
    Cambodia has earlier rejected bilateral talks with Thailand and is insisting on third-party mediation, a move that has riled Thailand and suggests to some analysts that Hun Sen's government is in no rush to find a solution.
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